Comitas ilariae Bozzetti, 1991

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, ZooKeys 1202, pp. 1-110 : 1-110

Comitas ilariae Bozzetti, 1991

Figs 4 Q , 9 D

Comitas ilariae Bozzetti, 1991: 26 – 28, figs 1 – 3. Type locality: island of Bohol, central Philippines. Olivera and Sysoev 2008: 786, pl. 688, figs 9, 10.

Referred material.

CUF - NKNY - G 55 (1 shell; Figs 4 Q , 9 D ).

Habitat.

Sandy bottoms at a depth from 100 to 150 m ( Bozzetti 1991).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality ( Bozzetti 1991).

Record in Thailand.

New record in Thailand from this study.

Taxonomic remarks and comparisons.

This species is recognised based on the descriptions and figures in Bozzetti (1991) and Olivera and Sysoev (2008), specifically in having a slight, fusiform, and high-spired shell with the axial sculpture made of 7–9 very pronounced, long, and thick tubercles positioned obliquely on each whorl as well as numerous dense spiral cords.

Figures

Figure 4. Size comparison of gastropods found in this study A Brunneifusus ternatanus B Murex trapa C Indothais lacera D Pristiterebra miranda E Chicoreus capucinus F Indothais gradata G Ellobium aurisjudae H Inquisitor vulpionis I Turricula javana J Architectonica perdix K Pseudoneptunea varicosa L Cassidula nucleus M Pseudoetrema fortilirata N Paradrillia melvilli O Duplicaria tricincta P Granuliterebra bathyrhaphe Q Comitas ilariae R Cylichna modesta S Maoritomella vallata.

Figure 9. Gastropods A Maoritomella vallata B Pseudoetrema fortilirata C Paradrillia melvilli D Comitas ilariae.